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CRUQUIUS, Nicolaas Samuel

(b. 1678 Vlieland, d. 1754 Spaarndam)

Nicolaas Samuel Cruquius (Kruikius), Dutch hydraulic engineer, land surveyor and amateur landscape painter. His original name was Nicolaas Kruik, but, like many well-educated men of his time, he Latinized his name to Nicolaus Samuel Cruquius. He was one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer (Haarlem lake) dry.

Gardens on the Nieuwe Laan
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Gardens on the Nieuwe Laan

Cruquius’s Gardens on the Nieuwe Laan is a valuable document, since artists rarely recorded everyday gardens of this type. This coloured drawing is signed and dated “Kruikius 1701”.

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Map of Delfland
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Map of Delfland

Nicolaes Crucquius (also spelt Nicolaas Cruquius) was a Dutch hydrographer and mapmaker. Together with his brother Jacob they made the map of Delfland, the etching of which was made by Cornelis Koster.

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